July 1996

It appears that Priscilla O’Donnell,
chairman of the Clermont County Democratic Party, wishes to join the Republican
Party. Her guest editorial (July 17) almost appeared to be a renouncement of
Democratic Party policies and an application to become a republican. O’Donnell
seems to be quite confused.

Her opening sentence was stunning:
“Democrats have been unfairly characterized as the Tax and Spend
Party.” Why does O’Donnell think that Tax and Spend Democrats are anything
other than just that?

This is a quiz: Which branch of government
controls taxation and spending? If you said congress, you are correct. Which
party controlled the congress for 40 years? If you said the Democrats, you are
correct. Which party is primarily responsible for a bloated federal
bureaucracy, runaway spending, a massive national debt, and an oppressive
policy of massive taxation and stifling regulation? If you said the Democrats,
you are again correct.

Thank God that the Republicans have
finally taken control of congress. They are attempting to reverse 40 years of
failed Democratic Policies. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton continues to veto the
Republican’s attempts to cut spending, cut taxes, eliminate burdensome
regulations, and return power to the states and to the people where it
constitutionally belongs.

Ronald Reagan shut down the government
because he thought that congress was spending too much money. Bill Clinton shut
down the government because he thought that congress wasn’t spending enough
money. Who besides Bill Clinton and his Democratic Cronies thinks that congress
isn’t spending enough money?

Although O’Donnell paints herself as a
fiscal conservative, I can’t help but suspect that she shares the same
underhanded political strategy as Bill Clinton. The strategy is deviously
brilliant and has proven to be successful: Talk conservative to get elected and
then govern liberal.